For the fourth time this season, the rivalry between Ohio State and Michigan came down to one goal. For the third time, Michigan was the team winning by a goal Sunday. Powered by a 2-0 start and three power-play goals, the No. 13-ranked Wolverines topped unranked Ohio State 4-3...

At first glance, casual hockey fans might not notice the cataclysmic change in college hockey. The Ohio State Buckeyes are slated to start the season Friday with former CCHA rival Miami. Seeing the RedHawks in a home-and-home series is not an uncommon sight. What is an uncommon sight of...

For the first 10 minutes of Saturday’s CCHA semifinal in Joe Louis Arena, things looked great for the Buckeyes. Ohio State’s Ryan Dzingel gave the Buckeyes a 1-0 advantage on the squad’s first shot of the game which would have seemingly gave Ohio State momentum. The Buckeyes did not...

In 1972, led by Jerry Welsh and Ray Meyers, the Ohio State Buckeyes won the first ever CCHA championship in a conference that featured just four squads. That year, Bill McKenzie had 19 wins as a goalie and had a 2.25 goals-against average. In the 41 years since then,...

It was a fitting end to Central Collegiate Hockey Association play in Columbus Sunday evening. With the final CCHA game to ever be played in Columbus, a spot in the CCHA semifinals was on the line in the historic OSU Ice Rink. After two hard fought periods, Ohio State’s...

The No. 4 seed Ohio State Buckeyes kept their season alive Saturday in an elimination game by defeating the No. 5-seed Ferris State Bulldogs 3-1 as the Buckeyes were bolstered by goals from Ryan Dzingel, Max McCormick, and Nick Oddo. Ohio State forced a deciding third game of the...

The Ohio State Buckeyes face a do-or-die situation tomorrow night in the OSU Ice Rink. Win and play another day. Lose, and the season is over and so are the collegiate careers of the five seniors. The elimination game was forced by No. 5-seed Ferris State who pulled out...

Believe it or not, the Ohio State men’s hockey team is as close as it has been in eight years to winning a conference championship. A mixture of good fortune and goaltending has given the Buckeyes a great opportunity to play in Detroit in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association’s...

OXFORD, Ohio – Mark Osiecki would love to get his program to the same level his counterparts at Ohio State in the football and men’s basketball programs do. But Osiecki has to overcome something that Urban Meyer and Thad Matta do not have to do; be the state...

The No. 3 ranked Miami RedHawks have a celebration planned in Oxford, Ohio this weekend. The Ohio State Buckeyes would like to serve as party poopers to their hosts this weekend. The Buckeyes travel to the Goggin Ice Center for the conclusion of the regular season as the RedHawks...

The weekend was full of opportunities for the Ohio State hockey squad. As the Buckeyes entered the second to last weekend of the regular season, they were playing the second-worst squad in the conference whereas the squad Ohio State was tied with for fourth place in the standings sat...

They say in rivalry games, “You can throw all the numbers out the window.” Red Berenson’s Michigan Wolverines were able to take this mantra into Columbus to earn just their second road victory on the season beating Ohio State 5-3 Friday evening. Michigan held a 2-0 advantage through two...

The No. 9-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish dominated many facets in Saturday’s contest against Ohio State but were unable to find the game-winner as the two squads skated to a 2-2 tie. Notre Dame won a postgame shootout 1-0 in four rounds for an extra conference point. Andres Lee...

The road back has been a slow process for Ohio State forward Nick Oddo. The sophomore spent the first half of the season out of the lineup due to injury. In his ninth game back from the injury, Oddo made a statement. With Ohio State trailing 1-0, he took...

Arguably, Mark Osiecki’s Ohio State Buckeyes put together their best weekend of the season pulling off a weekend sweep over the Lake Superior State Lakers. The Buckeyes won Friday night’s contest 3-2 before easily dispatching the Lakers Saturday 6-1. Friday evening, the Buckeyes staved off a furious Lake Superior...

The past weekend was a rough one for the Ohio State Buckeyes. The Buckeyes hosted No. 5 Miami for a Friday-Saturday series in the Schottenstein Center. The visitors were not so kind to their host. Miami took five out of a possible six conference points and moved to a...

When Ohio State head coach Mark Osiecki accepted his position in April of 2010, he knew there was a program that sets the bar for his program. The Miami RedHawks have become the gold standard for college hockey programs in the region and has left the Buckeyes chasing them....

By J. Justin Boggs, Columbus Wired Dublin native Sean Kuraly knew at a young age he wanted to follow his dad’s footsteps and become a Miami RedHawk. One thing he probably never expected to happen was to be coached by a Buckeye. Kuraly is one of four Ohioans named...

Friday’s contest between Robert Morris and Ohio State was a brutal one. The game featured 67 minutes of penalties as well as three players getting ejected from the contest. Despite having two players booted in the second period and having to kill off a pair of major penalties, Robert...

It has been a long time since hockey has been played in Columbus’ two main hockey venues; the Schottenstein Center and Nationwide Arena. But with the NHL lockout deep into its second month, Ohio State coach Mark Osiecki is not expecting his players to carry the burden of promoting...

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The start of the season has not been kind to the Ohio State Buckeyes in recent history. Ohio State had not won a CCHA opener since 2006 nor had it won its first CCHA road game of the year since 2005. With one flick of...

Having resiliency in college hockey is often tough especially for young teams. Just last season, a group of 12 freshmen learned how difficult it is to bounce back the next night after losing a contest. Those very same players who were freshmen last year hope those lessons were learned...

College is the place many go to further their studies and to learn about life. This is true for athletes as well. The Ohio State men’s hockey team learned last year that taking for granted the success the squad built in the first half of the season can backfire...

The phrase ‘leading by example’ has become an often used term for athletes in all sports. The term implies that a player is a leader by playing hard and not by being vocal. This type of athlete is exactly the type of people who fill the locker room at...

With the leaves changing and the chill of autumn hitting Columbus, the sounds of sticks and skates clanking on the ice does not permeate though downtown’s Arena District like it usually does. However those looking for those desperately needed dins can find them just a few miles up the...

Imagine if teams from the SEC decided to break off and form a pair of new conferences in football. Something similar is happening in college hockey. It might be hard to fathom, but a conference that saw nine of its 11 teams finish at or above .500 last year...

Today, a new rivalry is born. It won’t be played on field turf, natural grass, or a hardwood court. It may not have the glamour of ESPN giving it an hour-long special. But indeed, a rivalry is born. The newly born Penn State men’s hockey program released its first...

The Ohio State Buckeyes’ epic second-half collapse has caused the Buckeyes to pack their bags for the CCHA playoffs. The once top-ranked team in the PairWise rankings and leader of the CCHA at the holiday break, Ohio State travels to Notre Dame next weekend in the best-of-three series against...

The Michigan State Spartans have fully inserted themselves into the CCHA logjam by finishing a sweep on the No. 10 ranked Ohio State Buckeyes with a 3-2 victory Saturday evening. Unfortunately for Ohio State, it is quickly losing its grip on the season and is becoming less and less...

The No. 10 ranked Ohio State Buckeyes’ 2012 meltdown has reached epic proportions. After holding a 3-1 first intermission lead over the Michigan State Spartans, Michigan State responded with five unanswered goals in the final 30 minutes of Friday’s game to defeat Ohio State 6-3. “Not quite the start...

Just one game after top Ohio State forward Jared Sullinger left a game due to a foot injury, Buckeyes coach Thad Matta had to be thinking ‘not again’ when he lost another star player during Tuesday’s 70-50 victory over the Lamar Cardinals. Late in the first half, guard William...

It has been a banner week for the Ohio State Department of Athletics. The week started with the hiring of Urban Meyer to the football program. The next day, the second-ranked men’s basketball team defeated No. 3 Duke. And this weekend, the men’s hockey team has a top five...

While the Columbus Blue Jackets figure out how they are going to get out of their current funk, a young hockey club just two miles down the road are trying to figure out how to handle success. The Ohio State men’s hockey team is off to its best start...